US Mint Silver Coin Sales Figures: Coinage Lower; Eagles Higher
August 5, 2009 by Darrin Lee Unser
Bullion American Silver Eagles earn the headline news as the biggest selling US Mint coin, and they have for several weeks.
July silver eagles sales closed impressively high. In fact, the month was the best July in history with 2.8 million eagles sold. August looks to be starting just as strong. 200,000 are already on the Mint books as out the door and 425,000 were purchased in the last seven days. The silver eagle tally is now up at 16,834,500.
The rest of the US Mint silver products were less rosy in the seven sales days ended Sunday, August 2. Demand was modestly lower. The gem in the bunch was the 2009 Silver Proof set. 35,167 more were snapped up by collectors, bringing the total since July 17 to 385,739.
The following two table have the latest US Mint stats for collector silver coins and sets and bullion silver eagles.
U.S. Mint Silver Collector Coin Sales Stats
(Sales compare previous to current Mint figures)
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Previous Sales
|
New Sales
|
Unit Increase
|
% Increase
|
Mintage Limit
|
|
| 2008 American Eagle Silver Dollar Proof* |
713,353
|
713,353
|
0
|
0.00%
|
none
|
| 2008 American Eagle Silver Dollar Uncirculated* |
444,558
|
444,558
|
0
|
0.00%
|
none
|
| 2009 Lincoln Silver Proof* | 325,000 | 325,000 | 0 | 0.00% |
500,000
|
| 2009 Lincoln Silver Uncirculated* | 125,000 | 125,000 | 0 | 0.00% | |
| 2009 Braille Silver Proof | 115,515 | 116,121 | 606 | 0.52% | 400,000 |
| 2009 Braille Silver Uncirculated | 43,320 | 43,491 | 171 | 0.39% | |
| Braille Uncirculated in Easy-Open Capsule | 18,579 | 18,687 | 108 | 0.58% | |
| 2009 Silver Proof Set | 350,572 | 385,739 | 35,167 | 10.03% | none |
| 2009 Quarters Silver Proof Set | 218,387 | 220,613 | 2,226 | 1.02% | none |
| 2008 Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set | 71,173 | 71,818 | 645 | 0.91% |
none
|
| 2008 U.S. Mint Silver Proof Set* | 774,874 | 774,874 | 0 | 0.0% |
none
|
*Coin products with an asterisk are no longer available. Sunday, August 2, is the "as of date" for the most recent US Mint collector coin figures shown above.
American Silver Eagle Bullion Coin Sales in August
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Aug 5
|
Aug 12
|
Aug 19
|
Aug 26
|
|
200,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
The previous reported sales figures are located at Silver Proof Sets Jump, US Eagles Score. The Silver Coins Today tool page Mint Prices & Sales has been updated with the latest Mint numbers.
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